32Acquisition and sale of animals

32 Acquisition and sale of animals

32 Acquisition and sale of animals

(1) The holder of an authority must not—

(a) acquire an animal for exhibition if the holder knows, or ought reasonably to know, the transaction is with a person who, by acquiring, possessing or selling the animal, committed an offence under the Act or 1 of the following Acts—

(i) the Animal Research Act 1985,

(ii) the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 or the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016,

(iii) the Biosecurity Act 2015,

(iv) the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 of the Commonwealth, or

(b) sell an exhibited animal to a person who the holder knows, or ought reasonably to know, by acquiring, possessing or selling the animal would commit an offence under the Act or another Act referred to in paragraph (a), or

(c) acquire or sell an animal of a species listed in Schedule 2 without the consent of the Secretary.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(2) In this section, sell an animal includes transfer possession of the animal.